[Resolved] Price Hipster no longer includes Coles

Guybrush57 on 23/05/2019 - 14:38
Last edited 06/07/2019 - 20:34 by 1 other user

Has anyone noticed Price Hipster no longer works with Coles?

My main use for the website was to compare identical items from Coles and Woolworths but now I have to check it manually like a caveman.

Does anyone know if this is temporary and/or why they were removed? It feels like Coles has been missing for a while come to think of it. I had assumed Woolworths were listed first simply because they had cheaper prices.

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ThatGuyB3n on 23/05/2019 - 15:15

Try www.frugl.com.au .Remember to put in your postcode so that you get more accurate pricing based on location.
- macfanboy on 22/06/2019 - 18:33
  
  +1
  
  This stopped working for me last year sometime.
  Prices are not updated.
  Check Catalogue item.
  - jdr on 23/06/2019 - 18:29
    
    I noticed this in October last year and it is still functioning without updated data even today. Would be nice if they closed the site or at least posted a notice on it to stop people wasting their time.
FireRunner on 23/05/2019 - 15:56

+2

Interesting, they must have stopped very recently. I only used it a few days ago.
Fexofenadine on 23/05/2019 - 18:11

This is a real shame, but they have a rep on Ozbargain who can perhaps provide an explanation?
17833 on 23/05/2019 - 19:18

+6

Explanation here in the Price Hipster thread https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/217794?page=12#comment-730…
RickoWest on 25/05/2019 - 13:08

Same with Bunnings it appears?
kyle on 25/05/2019 - 21:05

Hey David Jones disappeared too!
- Store Repjazoom @ Price Hipster on 26/05/2019 - 07:30
  
  I temporarily removed David Jones due to bogus pricing.
shookaf on 05/06/2019 - 09:30

Just noticed as well. Price hipster has saved me so much money - I am so annoyed by this! I'm sure tonnes of people will catch on. Anything we can do?
- Store Repjazoom @ Price Hipster on 06/06/2019 - 07:11
  
  +1
  
  Complain to Coles and ask them why they deny their customers this convenience and why their website sucks. Let them know you now shop at Woolworths, which has always been more accommodating to Price Hipster.
Steptoe on 06/07/2019 - 20:34

+2

Thanks jazoom and Misha for the fix! 🙏👍🏆😇🤓💪🤙🏼
- Store Repjazoom @ Price Hipster on 08/07/2019 - 07:32
  
  You're welcome. Misha did some good work.
  - stickyfingers on 10/07/2019 - 06:50
    
    Just curious, what did Misha actually do?
    - Store Repjazoom @ Price Hipster on 10/07/2019 - 07:36
      
      +1
      
      Misha provided some code as a working proof-of-concept that got around the issue with crawling Coles' website.
      - alexshel on 30/08/2020 - 10:17
        
        @jazoom: Coles disappeared from pricehipster again. Why is that?
        
        Store Repjazoom @ Price Hipster on 30/08/2020 - 12:45
        
        +3
        
        @alexshel: Same reason, except this time Coles is working with me to fix the problem.
        
        alexshel on 30/08/2020 - 20:40
        
        @jazoom: Great. Thank you!
        
        knobbs on 12/10/2020 - 14:52
        
        +1
        
        @jazoom: Any update on Coles doing something about this?
        
        Store Repjazoom @ Price Hipster on 12/10/2020 - 17:33
        
        +2
        
        @knobbs: Yeah. It seems they're not really capable of sorting it out, at least within the last couple of months. It might have to wait a little longer until I find some time to work around it myself.
walahbro on 16/10/2020 - 08:28

+2

@jazoom: Bunnings has recently disappeared too?
- Store Repjazoom @ Price Hipster on 18/10/2020 - 16:06
  
  It's back now
  - walahbro on 19/10/2020 - 08:35
    
    legend!
DaWeizOne on 16/07/2021 - 21:58

Hey Jazoom, Looks like Catch has disappeared from Price Hipster?

[Resolved] Price Hipster no longer includes Coles

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